Upcycled Paper Shaker

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  Step 1

  Gather you supplies!
  I used a 2 inch paper punch (blue)and a 1 1/2 inch paper punch (green).
  The package of foam is from the dollar tree.
  I used scrap bits of paper for the shaker and to punch out confetti.
  The paper punches for the confetti were at walmart for $1 each.

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  Step 2

  You can buy clear acetate or printed acetate sheet from the craft store, usually with the scrapbook paper.
  For this I am going to use the plastic packaging from some sizzlet dies I bought a while back. Many packages use clear, thin plastic fronts you could use for this.

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  Step 3

  I cut a flat piece of the package so it will fit into my paper punch.

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  Step 4

  Now I am going to punch out a 2 inch circle to be the top of the shaker.

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  Step 5

  Place the circle to the side for now.

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  Step 6

  I am decorating the paper that will become the background of the shaker.
  I just stamped a similar color first.

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  Step 7

  I then stamped a focal point in a darker color.

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  Step 8

  Center your image in the 2 inch paper punch. You may have to trim the edges of the paper to get it to line up in the window.

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  Step 9

  This is the top and bottom of the shaker- they need to be the same size.

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  Step 10

  The foam creates the well to hold the confetti. Start by cutting a 1 1/2 inch circle out of the foam. This is the window space of the shaker.

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  Step 11

  Now center the hole in the 2 inch punch. This is giving us a surface to glue it all together.

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  Step 12

  Repeat the process with the foam cutting out as many rings as you want for the depth. I like to use 3 rings.

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  Step 13

  Using the same paper as the background cut out another ring- the same as you did with the foam. This will be the frame around the shaker window.
  Cut out a 1 1/2 inch circle.

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  Step 14

  Center it then cut out a 2 inch circle.

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  Step 15

  I wanted mine to have the same pattern as the background so I stamped it too- you could do this before punching it out too.

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  Step 16

  Now we should have 3 foam rings, 1 paper ring, 1 paper circle bottom, and 1 plastic circle top.

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  Step 17

  Add glue around one of the foam rings.

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  Step 18

  Place this onto the paper circle background.

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  Step 19

  Add more glue to the top of the foam ring. And place the next foam ring on top.

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  Step 20

  Now we have all 3 foam rings glued down to the paper backround creating the base of the shaker.

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  Step 21

  Punch out some confetti to fill you shaker.
  You can also use store bought confetti!

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  Step 22

  Fill your shaker base with the confetti.

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  Step 23

  Glue around the foam ring.

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  Step 24

  Press the plastic circle onto the foam.

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  Step 25

  Add glue around the paper ring. And press onto the plastic circle.

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  Step 26

  Resist the urge to shake until it is dry!
  If shaken when the glue is still wet the confetti will be stuck to the top or sides.

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  Step 27

  Once it's dry you can shake until you heart's content! This is easily glued to cards and atcs!

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tabitha3687 · Seymour, Tennessee, US 27th February 2013

Cute but do you have to have all that stuff

VeganSprinkles · Colorado Springs, Colorado, US · 51 projects 2nd March 2013

You could probably make a circle pattern out of paper and just trace around the pattern and use scissors to cut the circles out. If you didn't want to use confetti inside you could try plain glitter or just using an office hole punch to get circle confetti. You also wouldn't need stamps and ink pads if you wanted a solid color background or you could handdraw on the paper or use patterned scrapbook paper.

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